Smoking-pipe.



F. J. KUIVIMETH.

SMOKING PIPE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I5`. I9I.

l,28,589 Patented ont. 15, 1918.

nvanoz @Hoz new J'. KUMMETH, OF HERON LAKE, MINNESOTA.

SMOKING-PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led March 15, 1918. Serial No. 222,639.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. KUMMETH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Heron Lake, in the county of Jackson, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Smoking-Pipes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a smoking device and more particularly to the class of smokingpipes.

he primary object of the invention is the provision of a pipe of this character, wherein a quantity of tobacco can be readily and conveniently placed within a charging chamber and said quantity of tobacco will be automatically fed into the bowl end of the pipe during the smoking thereof and the spent tobacco with the resultant ashes will be ejected or released from the bowl, thereby avoiding the necessity of removing the ashes from time to time as is usual in the ordinary smoking pipe and also assuring a continuity of supplyof tobacco in the pipe to avoid frequent refilling thereof. Thus the smoking may be discontinued without smoking the entire contents of said pipe and the resuming of the smokingcan be had at will without having to fill the pipe.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a pipe of this character, wherein the charge of tobacco to be smoked therein can be readily introduced into the pipe and will constitute a reserve, which will be properly dried and heated without becoming smoke stained during the smoking of vthe IA further object of the invention is the provision of a pipe of this character which will assure a healthful smoking, as the spent tobacco will be prevented from accumulating in the pipe and the waste of unspent tobacco is avoided.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a pipe of this character,y

wherein the tobacco confined within the bowl is held separated from the reserve and on the burning of the tobacco in the bowl the reserve will rechargethe bowl from time to time until such reserve is completely utilized in the smoking of the pipe.

A still further ob]ect of the invention is the provision of a pipe of this character which is extremely simple in construction, novel in form, reliable and eflicient in operation and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is an elevatlon of a smoking pipe constructed 1n accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View thereof.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the valve, draft tube and mouth piece or stem of the pipe, these parts being removed therefrom.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the smoking pipe comprises a tubular formed or cylindrical body or shell 5 open at one end and having the opposite closed end 6, the body or shell being preferably made from aluminum; yet the same may be made from Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

any other suitable material, and constitute after fully described.

The cap 8 is formed with a flared open end 9 which tapers toward the contracted closed end forming a bowl 10 which is slotted as at 11 or otherwise reticulatedvto provide draft openings therein. The large open end of the. cap 8 is formed with a screw threaded iange 12 for the detachable engagement thereof with the threads 7 on the fopen end of the body or shell for the remov-A able fastening of the cap to the body or shell.

Slidably fitted centrally in the closed end 6 of the body or shell'is a smoke or draw tube 13, which carries at its innerend a disk or valve 14. adapted to be seated in the flared end 9 of the cap 8 and alsolserves as a presser head for packing tobacco within the bowl 10 when delivered from the reservoir* or magazine in amanner presently described.

with the bore or passage 16 in the tube. Surrounding the tube 13 and working against the disk or valve 14 and the closed end of the body or shell 5 is a coil expansion spring 19 which tensions the disk or valve 14 to move the same in the direction of the bowl 10 so that said disk or valve will normally close communication between the reservoir or magazine and said bowl.

. Formed on the mouth piece17 is a finger hold 20 so that the disk or valve 14 can be manually moved against the resistance of the spring 19 to bring the disk or valve 14 in position for establishing communication between the reservoir or magazine and the bowlto permit tobacco to be delivered into the latter from said reservoir or magazine when the pipe is brought to a vertical position with the bowl at the lowermost end thereof as the tobacco will gravitate from said reservoir or magazine into the bowl.

A charge of tobacco is introduced into the body or shell 5 through the open end thereof when the cap 8 is removed therefrom and this quantity of tobacco wit-hin said magazine or reservoir constitutesa reserve. The bowl of the cap 8 isfilled with tobacco to initially charge the same and thereafter said cap attached to the body or shell. The

disk or valve 14 separates the charge of tobacco in the bowl from the reserve of tobacco in the reservoir or magazine and when the tobacco is being spent in the bowl 10 by the burning thereof a quantity of the reserve of tobacco can be let into the bowl by manually displacing the disk or valve 14 which will establish communication between said bowl and the body or shell, and the tension of the spring 19 upon the disk or valve 14 will cause the latter to pack the tobacco in the bowl when the said tobacco has been admitted from time to time thereto.

The ashes and spent tobacco will be released through the slots 11 in the cap 8 and the proper burning of the charge in the bowl will be effected by the draft through the slots 11 during the smoking of the pipe.

The construction of the pipe will permit the thorough cleaning thereof to assure sanitation. The finger hold 20 on the mouth piece 17 enables the manual manipulation of the disk or valve 14 for the recharging of the bowl from the reserve of tobacco in the reservoir or magazine as will be clearly apparent. The pipe is smoked in the usual manner and the tobacco is lighted at rthe cap end thereof through the slots v11 therein.

The filling of the pipe with tobacco may be effected in any manner convenient to the user of said pipe.

From the foregoing it is thoughtthat the manner of' operat-ion of the `pipe and the construction thereof will be clearly understood and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

What .is claimed is l. A pipe of the character described, comprising a magazine closed at one end and' open at its opposite end, a draw tube slidable through the closed end ofthe magazine, a mouth piece on the outer end of said tube, a cap having a flared open end' detachably engaged with the magazine and a contracted slotted end forming a bowl, a valve head 0n the inner end of the tube and normally closing the bowl from said magazine, and resillent means for holdmg the head 1n normal position and to compress the contents within tion and to compress the contents within the bowl, and a linger hold on the mouth piece. 3. A pipe of the character described, comprising a magazine closed at one end and open at its opposite end, a draw tube slidable through the closed end of the magazine. a mouth piece on the outer end of said tube, a cap having a flared open end detachablv engaged with the magazine and a contracted slotted end forming a bowl, a valve head carried at the inner end lof thetube with an opening therein establishing comlnunication between the bowl and said tube. a coiled eX- panson spring surrounding the tube and working against the head to position the same in the flared open end of the cap to normally close the bowl from communication with said magazine.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

' FRANK J. KUMMETH. lVitnesses J. J. MALoNEY. V. J. BUCKEY. 

